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MMA Rankings - Top 25 by Weight Class (January 2023)

MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of January 31, 2023

Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
1 1  Francis Ngannou HW 87.57  11-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months.
2 2  Stipe Miocic HW 54.07  15-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -29 months.
3 3  Curtis Blaydes HW 33.79  13-3-0 UFC  [new interim HW title holder]
4 4  Ciryl Gane HW 32.09  9-1-0 UFC  
5 5  Philip De Fries HW 31.82  15-6-0 KSW •2/25 vs. Todd Duffee
6 6  Ryan Bader HW 31.18  23-7-0 Bell •2/04 vs. #17 Fedor Emelianenko
7 7  Sergei Pavlovich HW 23.02  11-1-0 UFC  
9 8  Evgeniy Goncharov HW 22.24  9-1-0 ACA  
8 9  Daniel Cormier HW 21.51  18-3-0 UFC  --last rated win -50 months.
10 10  Alikhan Vakhaev HW 19.36  6-0-0 ACA  
11 11  Jailton Almeida HW 19.02  7-0-0 UFC  Beat #78 Shamil Abdurakhimov
12 12  Linton Vassell HW 18.89  13-6-0 Bell  
13 13  Alexander Volkov HW 18.46  23-9-0 UFC  
14 14  Marcin Tybura HW 17.05  16-7-0 UFC •2/04 vs. #50 Blagoy Ivanov
15 15  Tom Aspinall HW 16.77  5-1-0 UFC  
16 16  Marcus Almeida HW 16.60  2-0-0 One  
17 17  Fedor Emelianenko HW 16.21  33-6-0 Bell  --last rated win -15 months;
•2/04 vs. #6 Ryan Bader
18 18  Ali Isaev HW 15.30  6-0-0 Bell  --last rated win -36 months;
•2/04 vs. #32 Steve Mowry
19 19  Shamil Gaziev HW 15.21  2-0-0 Brav •2/18 vs. #80 Darko Stosic
20 20  Alistair Overeem HW 14.61  41-19-0 UFC  --last rated win -28 months.
21 21  Derrick Lewis HW 14.50  15-8-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months;
•2/04 vs. #44 Sergey Spivak
22 22  Valentin Moldavsky HW 14.08  7-2-0 Bell  --last rated win -19 months.
24 23  Salimgerey Rasulov HW 13.71  10-3-0 ACA  
23 24  Fabricio Werdum HW 13.68  24-9-1 Prof  --last rated win -30 months.
25 25  Waldo Cortes-Acosta HW 13.64  4-0-0 UFC  

 

Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
1 1  Jon Jones LH 58.91  20-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -35 months.
2 2  Vadim Nemkov LH 56.20  10-2-0 Bell  [Interim LH title holder]
3 3  Jiri Prochazka LH 42.36  14-1-1 UFC  
4 4  Jan Blachowicz LH 42.00  22-7-1 UFC  
6 5  Magomed Ankalaev LH 35.50  11-1-1 UFC  
12 6  Jamahal Hill LH 30.66  9-1-0 UFC  Beat #5 Glover Teixeira
5 7  Glover Teixeira LH 24.88  24-8-0 UFC  Lost to #12 Jamahal Hill
7 8  Phil Davis LH 24.42  20-6-0 Bell  
8 9  Muslim Magomedov LH 23.81  9-0-0 ACA  
9 10  Anatoliy Malykhin LH 23.78  6-0-0 One  
10 11  Corey Anderson LH 21.87  11-5-0 Bell  --last rated win -15 months.
20 12  Sean Strickland LH 18.72  20-5-0 UFC  Beat #13 Nassourdine Imavov
11 13  Reinier de Ridder LH 18.64  7-1-0 One  
14 14  Khalil Rountree LH 16.67  7-5-0 UFC  
15 15  Rob Wilkinson LH 16.45  4-0-0 Prof  
16 16  Ibragim Chuzhigaev LH 16.26  11-1-0 KSW  
17 17  Carlos Ulberg LH 15.67  4-1-0 UFC  
18 18  Dustin Jacoby LH 14.98  11-6-1 UFC  
21 19  Maxim Grishin LH 14.42  18-6-2 UFC  
22 20  Ivan Shtyrkov LH 14.09  16-2-1 Russ  
23 21  Azamat Murzakanov LH 14.01  5-0-0 UFC  
25 22  Antonio Carlos Jr. LH 13.92  9-4-0 Prof  
24 23  Da Un Jung LH 13.86  4-1-1 UFC  --last rated win -14 months;
•2/04 vs. #65 Devin Clark
26 24  Vitor Petrino Salvo LH 13.71  2-0-0 Dana  
53 25  Johnny Walker LH 13.32  11-4-0 UFC  Beat #19 Paul Craig

 

Middleweight - 185 lb. limit

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
1 1  Alex Pereira MW 56.17  4-0-0 UFC
2 2  Israel Adesanya MW 49.40  12-2-0 UFC  
3 3  Johnny Eblen MW 41.55  9-0-0 Bell •2/04 vs. #24 Anatoly Tokov
4 4  Robert Whittaker MW 40.50  16-6-0 UFC  
5 5  Khamzat Chimaev MW 38.05  9-0-0 UFC  
6 6  Gegard Mousasi MW 37.77  40-8-2 Bell  
8 7  Jared Cannonier MW 26.33  9-6-0 UFC  
7 8  Rafael Lovato Jr. MW 25.65  7-0-0 IGF  --last rated win -43 months.
9 9  Magomedrasul Gasanov MW 24.93  6-0-0 ACA  
10 10  Dricus Du Plessis MW 24.26  10-1-0 UFC  
12 11  Andre Muniz MW 21.46  8-1-0 UFC •2/25 vs. #17 Brendan Allen
11 12  Derek Brunson MW 21.37  18-8-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
13 13  Roman Dolidze MW 20.58  6-1-0 UFC  
25 14  Abdoul Abdouraguimov MW 19.70  9-1-0 Ares  Beat #17 Rafal Haratyk
14 15  Caio Borralho MW 19.48  5-0-0 UFC  
15 16  Vladimir Mineev MW 18.13  7-1-1 AMC  --last rated win -15 months.
16 17  Brendan Allen MW 17.96  13-4-0 UFC •2/25 vs. #11 Andre Muniz
36 18  Brunno Ferreira MW 17.24  2-0-0 UFC  Beat #19 Gregory Rodrigues
18 19  Chris Curtis MW 16.99  17-6-0 UFC  
20 20  Anthony 'Fluffy' Hernandez MW 16.85  6-2-0 UFC  
22 21  Salamu Abdurahmanov MW 16.30  7-0-0 ACA  
21 22  Marvin Vettori MW 16.19  9-4-1 UFC  --last rated win -15 months.
23 23  Pawel Pawlak MW 15.93  8-3-1 KSW  
24 24  Anatoly Tokov MW 15.46  10-1-0 Bell  --last rated win -15 months;
•2/04 vs. #3 Johnny Eblen
26 25  Andre Petroski MW 14.99  2-0-0 UFC  

 

Welterweight - 170 lb. limit

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
1 1  Leon Edwards WW 76.12  15-2-0 UFC
2 2  Kamaru Usman WW 65.78  15-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -14 months.
3 3  Belal Muhammad WW 43.40  17-3-0 UFC  
4 4  Christian Lee WW 32.58  11-3-0 One  
5 5  Colby Covington WW 30.64  11-3-0 UFC  
12 6  Gilbert Burns WW 29.61  14-5-0 UFC  Beat #14 Neil Magny
6 7  Yaroslav Amosov WW 27.81  8-0-0 Bell  --last rated win -19 months;
•2/25 vs. #10 Logan Storley
7 8  Shavkat Rakhmonov WW 27.11  9-0-0 UFC  
8 9  Ali Bagov WW 25.58  15-7-0 ACA  --last rated win -13 months.
9 10  Logan Storley WW 24.88  9-1-0 Bell •2/25 vs. #7 Yaroslav Amosov
11 11  Jason Jackson WW 24.72  12-2-0 Bell  
10 12  Roberto Soldic WW 24.55  9-1-0 One  --last rated win -13 months.
13 13  Geoff Neal WW 24.03  10-3-0 UFC  
15 14  Sadibou Sy WW 23.34  10-6-2 Prof  
16 15  Albert Tumenov WW 23.20  13-4-0 ACA  
17 16  Lorenz Larkin WW 22.92  15-7-0 Bell •2/04 vs. #20 Mukhamed Berkhamov
18 17  Vitaliy Slipenko WW 22.03  8-3-0 ACA  
20 18  Magomed Magomedkerimov WW 20.27  15-4-0 Prof  
21 19  Ray Cooper III WW 20.24  14-5-1 Prof  
19 20  Mukhamed Berkhamov WW 20.18  8-0-0 Bell  --last rated win -15 months;
•2/04 vs. #16 Lorenz Larkin
22 21  Boris Medvedev WW 19.70  7-1-0 Russ  
23 22  Andrey Koreshkov WW 19.48  17-4-0 Shle  
24 23  Randy Brown WW 19.45  12-4-0 UFC •2/11 vs. #52 Jack Della Maddalena
25 24  Magomed Umalatov WW 19.24  2-0-0 Prof  
26 25  Sean Brady WW 18.92  9-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -14 months.

 

Lightweight - 155 lb. limit

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
1 1  Khabib Nurmagomedov LW 75.10  15-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -27 months.
2 2  Islam Makhachev LW 59.70  13-1-0 UFC [Interim LW title holder]
•2/11 vs. #1 FW Alexander Volkanovski
[for LW title]
3 3  Charles Oliveira LW 49.42  24-9-0 UFC  
4 4  Dustin Poirier LW 41.73  24-7-0 UFC  
5 5  Beneil Dariush LW 41.06  17-4-1 UFC  
6 6  A.J. McKee LW 40.14  14-1-0 Rizi  
7 7  Olivier Aubin-Mercier LW 30.20  12-4-0 Prof  
8 8  Justin Gaethje LW 27.20  17-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -14 months.
9 9  Grant Dawson LW 27.16  12-1-1 UFC  
10 10  Eduard Vartanyan LW 25.44  15-3-0 ACA  
11 11  Artem Reznikov LW 24.29  7-0-0 ACA  
13 12  Rafael Fiziev LW 22.75  7-1-0 UFC  
12 13  Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov LW 22.68  9-1-0 ACA  --last rated win -14 months.
14 14  Arman Tsarukyan LW 22.57  12-2-0 UFC  
16 15  Usman Nurmagomedov LW 21.27  6-0-0 Bell  
15 16  Rae Yoon Ok LW 21.04  8-3-0 One  --last rated win -16 months.
17 17  Natan Schulte LW 20.56  13-3-1 Prof  
18 18  Salahdine Parnasse LW 20.52  9-1-0 KSW  
19 19  Islam Mamedov LW 19.79  10-1-1 Bell  
20 20  Mateusz Gamrot LW 19.75  15-2-0 UFC  
21 21  Tofiq Musayev LW 19.59  9-2-0 Bell  
22 22  Mehdi Dakaev LW 19.15  5-0-0 EFC  --last rated win -13 months.
23 23  Roberto Satoshi de Souza LW 19.04  11-2-0 Rizi  
24 24  Benson Henderson LW 19.04  28-11-0 Bell  
26 25  Gadzhi Rabadanov LW 18.59  6-1-0 Rizi  

 

Featherweight - 145 lb. limit

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
1 1  Alexander Volkanovski FW 64.94  15-0-0 UFC
•2/11 vs. #2 LW Islam Makhachev
[for LW title]
2 2  Patricio Freire FW 54.35  22-5-0 Rizi  
3 3  Movlid Khaybulaev FW 31.29  8-0-1 Prof  --last rated win -15 months.
4 4  Josh Emmett FW 30.27  11-2-0 UFC •2/11 vs. #58 Yair Rodriguez
5 5  Movsar Evloev FW 29.40  11-0-0 UFC  
6 6  Kai Tang FW 27.85  5-0-0 One  
7 7  Arnold Allen FW 27.07  9-0-0 UFC  
8 8  Ilia Topuria FW 26.01  8-0-0 UFC  
9 9  Brendan Loughnane FW 25.92  10-3-0 Prof  
10 10  Magomedrasul Khasbulaev FW 24.80  14-3-0 ACA  --last rated win -14 months.
11 11  Isao Kobayashi FW 22.24  24-5-2 Panc  --last rated win -20 months.
12 12  Alikhan Suleymanov FW 21.72  6-0-0 ACA  
13 13  Max Holloway FW 21.03  21-7-0 UFC  --last rated win -14 months.
14 14  Islam Omarov FW 20.29  5-0-0 ACA  
16 15  Zha Yi FW 20.12  8-3-0 UFC •2/04 vs. #81 Jeong Yeong Lee
15 16  Yoshinori Horie FW 20.00  8-3-0 Rizi  --last rated win -14 months.
17 17  Rustam Kerimov FW 19.72  8-0-0 ACA  
19 18  Thanh Le FW 19.61  11-2-0 One  
18 19  Zabit Magomedsharipov FW 19.20  8-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -38 months.
20 20  Chihiro Suzuki FW 19.16  7-1-0 Rizi  
21 21  Paul Hughes FW 18.07  4-1-0 CW  
22 22  Tokitaka Nakanishi FW 17.24  7-1-0 Panc  
23 23  Kleber Koike Erbst FW 17.05  20-3-0 Rizi  
24 24  Alex Caceres FW 17.05  13-9-0 UFC  
26 25  Sodiq Yusuff FW 16.93  6-2-0 UFC  

 

Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
1 1  Aljamain Sterling BW 51.99  16-3-0 UFC
2 2  Henry Cejudo BW 44.15  10-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -32 months.
3 3  John Lineker BW 36.01  14-3-0 One •2/24 vs. #9 Fabricio Andrade
4 4  Sergio Pettis BW 35.03  15-5-0 Bell  --last rated win -13 months.
5 5  Merab Dvalishvili BW 32.15  9-2-0 UFC  
6 6  Stephen Loman BW 29.41  8-0-0 One  
7 7  Raufeon Stots BW 26.74  13-1-0 Bell  
8 8  Patrick Mix BW 26.02  10-1-0 Bell  
9 9  Fabricio Andrade BW 24.70  5-0-0 One •2/24 vs. #3 John Lineker
10 10  Ricky Simon BW 23.85  14-3-0 UFC  
11 11  Yuki Motoya BW 23.09  25-7-0 Rizi  
12 12  Marlon Vera BW 22.85  14-5-0 UFC •2/18 vs. #21 Cory Sandhagen
13 13  Tatsuya Ando BW 22.40  10-3-1 Shoo  
14 14  Sean O'Malley BW 22.31  8-1-0 UFC  
19 15  Umar Nurmagomedov BW 22.20  6-0-0 UFC  Beat #72 Raoni Barcelos
15 16  Juan Archuleta BW 22.08  15-4-0 Rizi  
16 17  Kai Asakura BW 21.64  14-4-0 Rizi  --last rated win -13 months.
17 18  Denis Lavrentyev BW 20.43  6-1-0 MFP  --last rated win -14 months.
18 19  T.J. Dillashaw BW 20.39  13-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -18 months.
20 20  Said Nurmagomedov BW 19.76  9-2-0 UFC  
21 21  Cory Sandhagen BW 19.14  8-4-0 UFC •2/18 vs. #12 Marlon Vera
22 22  Soo Chul Kim BW 18.91  12-7-1 Rizi  
23 23  Oleg Borisov BW 18.48  5-5-0 ACA  
25 24  Chris Gutierrez BW 17.92  13-3-1 UFC  
26 25  Tianlong Luo BW 17.91  2-0-0 JCK  

 

Flyweight - 125 lb. limit

Jan
Rank
Feb
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org January results;
•February schedule
4 1  Brandon Moreno FL 35.95  11-3-2 UFC
Beat #1 Deiveson Figueiredo
[new FL title holder]
2 2  Demetrious Johnson FL 31.39  22-4-1 One  
3 3  Jarred Brooks FL 30.01  11-2-0 One  
5 4  Kyoji Horiguchi FL 26.17  29-5-0 Rizi  
6 5  Alexandre Pantoja FL 26.08  10-3-0 UFC  
7 6  Tatsuki Saomoto FL 25.50  16-1-0 Rizi  
8 7  Adriano Moraes FL 23.51  9-3-0 One  
1 8  Deiveson Figueiredo FL 23.10  11-3-1 UFC  Lost to #4 Brandon Moreno
9 9  Azamat Kerefov FL 22.29  7-0-0 UAE  --last rated win -17 months.
10 10  Kairat Akhmetov FL 21.79  8-2-0 One  
11 11  Matheus Nicolau FL 19.96  7-1-0 UFC  
12 12  Rei Tsuruya FL 19.57  4-0-0 Panc  
13 13  Shuai Yin FL 19.20  6-0-0 JCK  
14 14  Makoto Takahashi FL 18.54  11-1-1 CFFC  
16 15  Keito Yamakita FL 18.11  5-0-0 Panc  
15 16  Hiromasa Ougikubo FL 18.01  21-7-1 Rizi  --last rated win -13 months.
17 17  Tatsuro Taira FL 17.98  5-0-0 UFC •2/04 vs. #47 Jesus Santos Aguilar
18 18  Amir Albazi FL 17.68  4-0-0 UFC  
19 19  Iago Ribeiro FL 16.61  1-0-0 UAE  
20 20  Manel Kape FL 16.52  9-5-0 UFC  
21 21  Jeremy Miado FL 16.49  3-0-0 One  
22 22  Joshua Pacio FL 15.97  5-2-0 One  --last rated win -16 months.
23 23  Ryuya Fukuda FL 15.84  9-5-1 Deep •2/11 vs. #40 Yuto Uda
24 24  Atsuhito Nagai FL 15.31  2-0-0 Grac  
25 25  Jo Arai FL 15.28  5-5-1 Shoo  

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